Digital fabrication tools have revolutionized the way designers, engineers, and artisans express their creativity. With the right resources, you can learn to use these powerful instruments in no time! Whether it’s 3D printing or laser cutting that interests you, these articles will provide useful tutorials and inspiration for makers of all levels. Discover how digital fabrication can open up new possibilities so that your craftsmanship is truly extraordinary!
You never know what you’ll see at Maker Faire, but you’re always guaranteed to be inspired by the balance of the whimsical and the practical. Some projects are created solely to make you smile, while others are destined to make an impact on the future of how things are made. Representing the latter is a […]
Seth Horowitz is a neuroscientist and assistant research professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Brown University as well as a maker and a 3D printing enthusiast. He shares this report on some ways that he has been using his 3D printer, including a new research method. Three years ago I had […]
NYC Resistor’s Chris Fenton (who built this tenth-scale Cray-1) is building an electromechanical computer using 3D-printed parts (it doesn’t work yet) and this punchcard reader (which does) will be part of it. Way cool!
Josef Prusa, designer of the Prusa Mendel, created a Python script to generate code for 3d-printed whistles with the initials of 150 conference attendees at INFOTRENDY. And to celebrate, he’s posted a sample chapter from his upcoming MAKE/O’Reilly book, Getting Started with RepRap: Only thing I was waiting for, was right conference with not too […]
The GE Garages have rolled on to Houston’s Rice University campus, offering hands-on experience with laser cutters, 3D printers, and more. There are also workshops ranging from soldering to working with Autodesk software, scheduled over the next week and a half. GE Garages is a high-tech, hands-on lab celebrating inventors and entrepreneurs, and providing you the […]
Chocolate has to be one of my favorite build materials. It has a low melting point and hardens into a semi-rigid shapes when cooled down. Plus, it smells a heck of a lot better than ABS. If you’ve been waiting to make the move from PLA to Chocolate, your in luck.
Matthias Wandel’s Woodgears.ca may be my favorite personal maker website. It’s clean, well organized, packed with resources, and every click brings new inspiration. I can get stuck there for hours, so be careful when you click through. This time it’s Matthias’s homemade 3D pantograph carving machine / pattern duplicator that I’m fixated on.
